Wurttemberg 1813-ILW ducat Fr-3609
This specimen was lot 6639 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €4,400 (about US$5,758 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WÜRTTEMBERG, WÜRTTEMBERG, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1806 KONIGREICH, Friedrich II. (I.), 1797-1806-1816. Dukat 1813. GOLD. RR Leicht justiert, winz. Randfehler, vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Wurttemberg, Frederick I, 1806-16, ducat of 1813. Rare, light adjustment marks, small rim nicks, extremely fine.)"
The gold coinage of this ruler is very scanty. We note a friedrichs d'or of 1810, a ducat of 1808 and this ducat, all very rare. The ducats of his successor, Wilhelm I, are scarce but appear in auctions with some frequency.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 523, Divo/S. 226; Fr-3609; Schl. 911.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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